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Arthur Coppedge African American Offset Print
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Wonderful offset print of an African American woman. 1970's style. Dedicated and Autographed by the
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Mid-20th Century American American Classical African American Vintage

Materials

Paper

'African Idol' — Mid-Century African-American artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
African-American artists, and Karamu House, a center for artists, writers, dancers, and home of the oldest
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1950s American Modern African American Vintage

Materials

Watercolor

The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
forms a powerful link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean counterparts. The figure
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1990s Realist African American Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

'Central Railroad' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
African-American artists, and Karamu House, a center for artists, writers, dancers, and home of the oldest
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1940s American Modern African American Vintage

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Watercolor, India Ink

Pair of African American Portraits
By Josef Presser
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Josef Presser (Poland, United States, 1907 - 1967) “Pair of African American Portraits” 9 x 7
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1940s Modern African American Vintage

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Gouache

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
Executed in 1930, this abstract yet representational biomorphic charcoal work by African American
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1930s American Realist African American Vintage

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Paper, Charcoal

Frank Alan, 70s painting of African-American man
Located in San Francisco, CA
Frank Allen 70s painting of African-American man dressed in a white robe and top hat. Oil on canvas
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1970s African American Vintage

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Allan Rohan Crite Portrait of an African American Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Allan Rohan Crite: 1910-2007. Well listed and important African American artist. He was born in Ne
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1930s American Realist African American Vintage

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Pencil

Carved Wood Bust of African American Man Signed H. Minor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carved Wood Bust of African American Man Signed H. Minor
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20th Century African American Vintage

Materials

Wood

African American Lithothagraph
Located in Pasadena, CA
Nude Feminine Painting in black and white.35 x 45 Both fugires are looking out of the painting at the viewer as to invite them into their world. Bringing the attention to the left m...
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1970s American Modern African American Vintage

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Paper, Wood

African American Lithothagraph
African American Lithothagraph
H 45 in W 35 in D 1 in
Original vintage opsaaal African American people poster 1968
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Original vintage Opsaaal African American People poster, 1968. Solidarity with the african american
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1960s African American Vintage

Materials

Paper

Mid Century Portrait of an African American Man
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist African American Vintage

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Oil, Laid Paper

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait
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1980s American Modern African American Vintage

Materials

Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil

'6th City Wire Works' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the Sho Nuff Art Group, a collective of African-American artists, and Karamu House, a center for
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1950s American Modern African American Vintage

Materials

Watercolor

'#9' — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work is referenced in 'Afro-American Artists, A Bibliographical Directory
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1970s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Lithograph

#6 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Cederholm, Boston Public Library, 1973, and in 'Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the
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1970s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Lithograph

#4 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Smithsonian American Art Museum. His work is referenced in 'Afro-American Artists, A Bibliographical Directory
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1970s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Lithograph

#5 — Modernist Abstraction — African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Cederholm, Boston Public Library, 1973, and in 'Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the
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1970s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Lithograph

Mid 20th Century African American Southern Quilt in Red, Purple, Green, Orange
Located in Barrington, IL
African American Southern hand stitched quilt from the mid 20th century. This wonderful geometric
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Mid-20th Century American African American Vintage

Materials

Cotton

Black and White Photo of African American Mother and Children
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black and White photo of African American Mother and Children Glossy Paper mounted on Foam Core
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20th Century American Modern African American Vintage

Materials

Paper

'Sculpturegraph' — Modernist Abstraction, Contemporary African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
created on a distinct matrix. ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Alabama, African American sculptor, printmaker
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1980s American Modern African American Vintage

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Monoprint

Mid 20th Century African American Art '' A peaceful Moment" C.1950
Located in London, GB
Mid 20th century African American Art '' A peaceful Moment" c.1950 Signed 'ISSERLIS' on reverse
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Mid-20th Century African American Vintage

Materials

Paint

'Mending', African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
colors various aspects of African American secular and religious activities in Depression-era East Texas
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1980s Folk Art African American Vintage

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Paper, Gouache

St. George — African American artist
By John Tarrell Scott
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
ARTIST John Tarrell Scott is best known for his monumental woodcuts and his African-Caribbean-New Orleans
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1990s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Woodcut

20th C. Figurative Abstract Painting Cleveland School African American Artist
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
African-American artists, and the Karamu House artist group. Kosh scarcely ever exhibited or sold his work
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20th Century American Modern African American Vintage

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Oil

"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban The painting
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1990s Outsider Art African American Vintage

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Masonite, Oil

Roy Gates Perham, 1940s Unframed Portrait of an African American Nude
By Roy Gates Perham
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An unframed portrait of an African American nude, circa 1940. Measures: 22" x 27." In good
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern African American Vintage

Materials

Canvas

Slate Stone Collage Painting - African American Artist
By Alvin C. Hollingsworth
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Alvin Hollingsworth creates a mixed-media abstract painting/collage that
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1960s Abstract African American Vintage

Materials

Stone, Slate

African American Sitting Portrait
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
social-realist American life with mystical overtones and a child-like seeming style. He was also a
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Mid-20th Century Realist African American Vintage

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Print African American Female Artist Wilhelmina Godfrey "Yesterday"
By Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey
Located in Buffalo, NY
Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. Godfrey’s paintings often depicted the African American experience of life
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1980s Abstract African American Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

THE FAMILY Signed Lithograph, Black Family Portrait, Collage, African American
By James Denmark
Located in Union City, NJ
THE FAMILY is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the African American artist
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1980s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

'Abstract, Charcoal and Rose', African-American Woman Artist, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
African-American artist and educator first studied at Dillard University, Louisiana where she received her
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1960s Abstract African American Vintage

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Canvas, Oil

Exodus 12 - African American Artist - colorful abstract red orange purple pink
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
For four decades, G. (Gloucester) Caliman Coxe was considered the dean of African-American artists
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1980s Abstract African American Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

BACKYARD Signed Lithograph, Black Couple, African American Heritage, Quilts
By James Demark
Located in Union City, NJ
one of Denmark's colorful collage compositions of everyday African American life - a soulful Southern
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1990s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Lithograph

Modernist Portrait by African American Artist Charleston Wilson
Located in Larchmont, NY
period,Charleston Wilson also painted fine art to be sold. African-American artist Joseph Delaney created
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1970s Realist African American Vintage

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Oil, Board

Beauty Contest, Harlem, Black and White Photography of African American Fashion
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
in White America, page 106. Predating Fashion Week the photograph punctuates African Americans
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1960s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

"Swirls & More" Multi-Layers of Colors, Collage, African-American
By Al Loving
Located in Detroit, MI
the wall. Alvin Demar Loving, Jr. better known as Al Loving, Detroiter, was an African-American
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Late 20th Century Abstract African American Vintage

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Acrylic, Rag Paper

Berlin, Germany, African-American Soldier in Europe And Civil Rights Photography
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
an African-American soldier in Berlin is from Freed's seminal book Black in White America (p. 6). For
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1960s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

Devil: No Horns, Burning in Hell, African American Harlem Renaissance
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Harry O. Tanner in a review of his Prophet series exhibited in 1970. "Devil: No
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1970s Expressionist African American Vintage

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Masonite, Oil

Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans
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1980s Abstract African American Vintage

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Paper, Ink

African American Composer Olly Wilson, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American Composer Olly Wilson in 2003. Signed
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1970s Pop Art African American Vintage

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Silver Gelatin

African American Choreographer Talley Beatty, signed by Jack Mitchell.
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Beatty, considered one of the greatest African American choreographers, 1971. Signed by Jack Mitchell on
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1970s Pop Art African American Vintage

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Silver Gelatin

FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American artist Romare
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1970s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

QUILTING TIME Signed Lithograph, African American Culture, Interior Scene, Quilt
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. QUILTING TIME by the African American
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1980s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Trucks in the City African American Self-Taught Florida Outsider Folk Art Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art African American Vintage

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Oil, Board

EXODUS 28 African-American Art colorful abstract red orange green purple yellow
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
, G. (Gloucester) Caliman Coxe was considered the dean of African-American artists in Louisville
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1980s Abstract African American Vintage

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African American Life New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image capturing African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s, Mr. Harlem, 1963 by Leonard Freed
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1960s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

'Cascade' — Contemporary African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
in many museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American
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1980s Abstract Geometric African American Vintage

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Conté, Oil, Acrylic, Felt Pen

Fashion Show, Harlem NY, Black and White Photograph African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
fashion back in the day when African Americans in Harlem enjoyed long necklaces, glamorous gowns, and
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1960s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin

African-American Woman Life Study Painting by Leonard Buzz Wallace
Located in Garnerville, NY
oil painting on canvas of an African-American woman. Circa 1950-60. Signed on reverse, Buzz, which was
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern African American Vintage

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Canvas, Paint

African American Realist Oil Painting Baseball Outsider Folk Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
into some African American lifestyles and serve as an inspiration to my students and others to continue
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1970s American Realist African American Vintage

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

MORNING OF THE ROOSTER Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
African American artist Romare Bearden. MORNING OF THE ROOSTER presents a visual memory from Bearden's
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1980s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study) Year
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1980s Renaissance African American Vintage

Materials

Ink

Fashion Show, Brooklyn, New York, African American Life 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
as a Magnum photographer Freed traveled widely abroad and, in the US, photographing African Americans
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1960s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Archival Pigment

THE CONVERSATION Signed Lithograph, Black Women, Train, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
, suggests to the viewer the Great Migration(African American) - a mass movement of blacks from the rural
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1970s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Lithograph

Motif. Abstract, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
references religious motifs and those of her African-American experience and heritage. She is a multimedia
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1980s Contemporary African American Vintage

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Screen, Woodcut

Track Star - Figurative Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Track Star - Abstracted Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper Bold and
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Late 20th Century Expressionist African American Vintage

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Paper, Oil Pastel

African American jazz composer, conductor, and musician David Baker, signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of African American jazz composer, conductor, and
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1990s Pop Art African American Vintage

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mr. Harlem, Photograph of African-American Body Builder, New York City 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
The image of a body builder from the 1960s captures African-American life in Harlem in the 1960s
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1960s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film

SCHOMBURG LIBRARY Lithograph, African American History, Black Culture, Books
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Union City, NJ
lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American
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1990s Contemporary African American Vintage

Materials

Screen

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African American Vintage For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the african american vintage you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Contemporary, Modern and Impressionist versions of these works for sale. Finding the perfect african american vintage may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right african american vintage for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of black, brown, beige and blue. There have been many interesting african american vintage examples over the years, but those made by Bernard Harmon, Jonathan Green, Leonard Freed, Romare Bearden and Andrew Turner are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and lithograph — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is an African American Vintage?

The price for a african american vintage in our collection starts at $75 and tops out at $68,000 with the average selling for $2,800.
Questions About African American Vintage
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    African American quilting has roots in history during slavery and was a way for African American women to bond. The quilts themselves tell stories of history, teach lessons and are beacons of hope. Shop a collection of African American quilts from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
    1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The history of African-American quilting stretches back almost as far as the beginning of the United States itself. The craft began with slave women quilting on plantations and after emancipation, the tradition of quilting continued. Today, there are many African American quilters who are inspired by a number of different quilting traditions. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of African-American quilts from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    Some famous African-American artists include Horace Pippin, Augusta Savage, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Aaron Douglas, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kerry James Marshall, Theaster Gates, Sam Gillam, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley. Shop a variety of African-American art from some of the world’s top galleries on 1stDibs.